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By Linden Lab | 04/29/2024

SL21B Applications Now Open for Performers!

Save the date! On June 23rd, Second Life will be turning 21! The 21st annual Second Life birthday celebration (SL21B) will be held from June 21st through July 21st. Get ready for a month of fun-filled days of live music, performances, shopping, and amazing community exhibits! This year’s Birthday theme is Elements. This theme invites us to explore the fundamental components that make up our vast virtual landscape and the diverse communities within it. From the fiery passion of creators and

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glTF uploads are coming. How will that work?

Questions: glTF has point lights (which SL has), directional lights (sun), and cone lights (like projectors, but without the projector stencil texture.) Will all those be available with glTF upload? Can we have lots of lights, at least the ones without shadows? Do we get to pick which ones throw shadows? Do we get a hierarchy, or does the glTF structure get flattened? Come on, give us a hierarchy like everybody else has. What's the plan for levels of detail? glTF doe